1. John Elefante was born on March 18,1958 and is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer.
26 Facts About John Elefante
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John Elefante's credits include writing and singing lead vocals on three multi-platinum albums.
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John Elefante produced albums that have earned numerous GMA Dove Awards, four Grammy Awards, and ten Grammy nominations.
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John Elefante has maintained a close working relationship with his brother, Dino, co-writer of several Kansas songs.
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John Elefante was born in Levittown, New York, and his family soon moved to Long Beach, California.
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John Elefante sang and played drums for his family band, The Brotherhood.
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In late 1981, Elefante auditioned for his second band position, as the new lead singer and keyboardist for Kansas, after the departure of its co-founder Steve Walsh.
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John Elefante did lead vocals and keyboards on two albums, and was a major songwriter along with Kerry Livgren.
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John Elefante wrote "Everybody's My Friend", which is the second single and reached No 34 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart.
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John Elefante issued Perfect Timing for the Southern California group, Sweet Comfort Band.
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John Elefante contributed songwriting, keyboards, background vocals, and engineering to the effort.
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John Elefante produced Petra's further releases, and 30 other albums.
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John Elefante usually performed on them, often sharing songwriting credits.
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John Elefante was committed as producer, eschewing other opportunities such as an offer to replace Bobby Kimball as lead singer for Grammy winners, Toto.
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John Elefante focused on heavier music in the early 1990s, including the Guardian release, Fire and Love, reaching regular rotation on MTV.
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John and Dino Elefante formed their own record label, Pakaderm.
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John Elefante continued as producer, became record label chief, and began a solo career.
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John Elefante released two solo albums: Windows of Heaven and Corridors.
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John Elefante was hired by Pamplin Records in 1998, working with Dino to generate artist development.
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In 1999, John Elefante released his most popular solo effort, Defying Gravity.
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John Elefante planned a 25-date solo tour but he was badly injured in an accident before the first concert and had to cancel the tour.
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John Elefante rebounded, beginning with the production of Petra's Grammy award-winning album, Double Take.
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John Elefante continued working at Pamplin, producing 20 more albums for them in just three years.
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John Elefante started a new major-distributed label with his brother in 2003, Selectric Records.
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John Elefante made a new Mastedon album, 3, featuring former Kansas bandmate Kerry Livgren.
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In 2013, John Elefante released a single, "This Time" which was accompanied by a music video, that tells the story of his adopted daughter who was nearly aborted by her birth mother.